LONDON: A man has been charged with attempting to murder three Emirati sisters at the Cumberland Hotel in London in the wee hours of April 6.

According to a BBC report, Philip Spence, 32, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated burglary.

Three other people have been charged with handling stolen goods.

The report said Thomas Efremi, 56, of Upper Handa Walk, Islington, was charged with handling stolen goods and fraud by false representation while James Moss, 33, of Hanley Road, north London, was charged with handling stolen goods.

They will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court along with Spence, of no fixed address, on Saturday.

Carly Baker, 31, also of Hanley Road, was charged with handling stolen goods and will appear at the same court on Tuesday.

A 34-year-old man, who was also arrested over the attack, has been bailed to return in May.

The three Emirati sisters are still in hospital, one of them in a critical condition, the report added.